Yeah Frank!!! Maybe you'll soon be showing us a photo of the tarantual hawk wasp in action :o) Nice photo of your hairy arm...now try that with the THW! Heh! Heh! ~ Cat ps...^5 on the disclaimer :o)

Luv all the blue decor. Wish I could be there when you light up the monster wreath with all the icicles around, I'm sure it will be stunning. I am in the same boat as Fun2BHere just surrounded by boxes and bins. It always looks worse before it gets better. Just came inside from putting up the garland outside, I think it's 34 degrees out. Just letting my fingers thaw out. I'm jealous, I sure wish we were done outside. I'll post pics as soon as we are done. Thank you for the inspirational pics I needed that.

Thanks, Holiday-ers ...I'm about done 'inside' the house ...now the porch still has a long ways to go ...but I'm getting there...a few framed works to change out yet. Dollbaby does seem happy this time of the yr (her outfit is kept in my cedar chest)...she was so pouty this Summer when she didn't get to wear her baseball sweater! Oh well, maybe she'll wear it this Winter yet! ;-) Dollbaby has her own little 'chest' of clothes & some of her 'toys' had to be put in one of those 12x12x12 canvas containers...so I'm not shopping too much for her until she decides it's OK to donate once in a while! LOL! Jeanne S.

Well, I finally did it. LOL, made the broccoli soup. DELICIOUS! Here's what I did: dice an onion dice 3 gloves of garlic saute in a bit of grape seed oil toss in two carrots sliced one small sweat potato diced stir a lot when everything looked a bit brown, I added the broccoli. Sorry, don't have a measure. I had three good sized bunches, that I had cut in to small pieces, stems included. Poured a quart of beef broth over all. Seasoned with a tea spoon of rosemary powder, a tea spoon of tomato powder a dash of pepper and an eights of a tea spoon of salt, a generous amount of dried parsley, and dried basil. Simmered all, till the carrots were tender. Put about 2/3 of the mix a small amount at the time through the blender, and then returned it to the pot. Called Jerry for lunch, and hmmm hmm good... I think, I'll go in now, and eat the last piece of fudge pie (Glenda's recipe). Prolly negate all the good from the lunch meal, but what the heck, got to eat that pie before it goes bad. LOL Moni